Complete Animal Care

Animal Care

Level 2:

Module 1: Animal Feeding

• Types of feeder
• Nutritional requirements
• Vitamins
• Minerals
• Choosing and preparing food
• Quantity and timing of feeding

Module 2: Animal Accommodation

• Housing requirements
• Bedding materials
• Fixtures and fittings
• Cleaning and maintaining
• Waste disposal

Module 3: Animal Health

• Disease prevention
• Common diseases of dogs, cats and rabbits
• Endoparasites and ectoparasites
• Signs of ill health
• First aid procedures and remedies

Module 4: Handling, Restraining and Moving Animals

• Why do we need to handle, restrain and move animals?
• Personal protective equipment
• Handling and restraint equipment
• Reducing stress

Module 5: Animal Behaviour

• Normal behaviour
• Emotions
• Specific species
• Abnormal behaviour
• Stereotypic behaviour
• Observing behaviour
• Methods and recording
• Avoiding/reducing abnormal behaviour
• Environmental enrichment

Module 6: Animals in Society

• Welfare needs
• How can we meet these needs?
• The Animal Welfare Act 2006
• Current legislation
• Animals in production
• Intensive farming
• Free-range farming
• Organic farming
• Animals in sport
• Animals as assistance

Veterinary Support

Assistant Level 3:

Module 1: The Roles of Members of the Veterinary Team

• Roles and responsibilities of Veterinary Surgeons
• Roles of the Veterinary Nurse
• Roles of the Student Veterinary Nurse
• Essentials of the legal system
• Individual character and conscience

Module 2: Anatomy and Physiology of Dogs and Cats

• Animal cell structure and cell function
• Basic structure and function of the nervous system
• The endocrine system
• The digestive system
• The urinary system
• The respiratory system
• The cardiovascular system
• The circulatory system

Module 3: Health and Safety Within The Veterinary Practice

• Principles of health and safety
• Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) 2013
• Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH) 2002
• Hazardous Waste Regulations, 2005
• Manual Handling Regulations, 1992

Module 4: Infection Control in the Veterinary Practice

• The role of infection in animal and human health
• Principles of disease transmission in veterinary practice
• How to maintain a clean clinical environment
• Main groups of disinfectants

Module 5: Veterinary Nursing Support of Diagnostic Techniques

• Running a laboratory in a veterinary practice
• Emergency procedures
• General safety measures
• How to collect and prepare urine, faecal and blood samples
• How to carry out common laboratory tests
• Test results

Module 6: Understanding Veterinary Pharmacy

• Principles of pharmacy stock management
• The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
• Principles of safe dispensing
• Medication terms used in Pharmacology
• Absorption rate
• Drug formulations

Animal Welfare

Level 4:

Unit 1: Animal Welfare Legislation

• Legislation
• Ethics: thinkers and theories
• Legislative Acts
• Codes of Practice
• The role of welfare organisations
• The Five Freedoms
• Animal Welfare vs. Animal Rights

Unit 2: Animal Welfare in Related Commercial Businesses

• Animal welfare in veterinary practice
• Animal boarding establishments licence
• Animal breeding
• Pet shops

Unit 3: Animal Welfare for Farm Animals

• Welfare legislation for farmed animals
• Welfare of pigs in the European Union
• Dairy farming
• Animal transportation

Unit 4: Welfare in Animal Collections

• Legislation for animal collections
• Rare and endangered species
• Laws on transportation of animals
• Assessing wild animal welfare
• Welfare of bears
• Welfare of elephants
• Welfare of wolves

Unit 5: Animal Welfare and UK Wildlife

• Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
• The UKs protect mammals
• Badger culling
• Dormouse decline
• Endangered birds
• Bat conservation

Unit 6: Marine Welfare and Conservation

• Protecting the marine environment
• Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009
• Shark welfare
• Whale welfare
• Coral reef endangerment